Written questions

1,470 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Housing Associations: Energy Price Guarantee

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Energy Price Guarantee will support housing associations that have fixed business electricity contracts for multi-occupancy buildings where the costs are billed to ten

10 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) refugees and (b) asylum seekers from Afghanistan are currently living in hotels.

10 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Naseer Ahmad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made any representations to his Pakistani counterpart on the killing of Mr Naseer Ahmad who was a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Pakistan.

10 Oct 2022 · Treasury

Liquefied Natural Gas: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value of LNG trans-shipments from the UK to the European Union has been in each of the last 24 months.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Foster Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he will take steps to increase financial support to foster carers.

10 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Baha'i Faith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential threat of human rights violations against the Bahai community in Iran.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Electricity: Consumption

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the amount of additional electricity demand that will result from (a) heat pumps in residential homes and (b) domestic electric vehicle charging.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that apartment blocks can receive signals for smart meters so as to allow for the charging of electric vehicles.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Multiple Occupation: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will amend the Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation Regulations 2006 to require the landlord to ensure the cleanliness of communal areas.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sportsgrounds: Rubber

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential health risks from tyre crumb fill on 3G sports pitches.

10 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Numed Healthcare: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 July 2022 to Question 39768 on Numed Healthcare: Medical Equipment, whether Numed Inc Products has indicated to NHS Supply Chain whether it intends to stop importing an

10 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Muscular Dystrophy: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 September 2022 to Question 51448 on Muscular Dystrophy: Research, whether the National Institute for Health and Care Research has plans to undertake research into the (

23 Sep 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is her Departments policy that people applying for support for equipment under the Access to Work programme are required to make a new application when they change jobs.

21 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Trusts: Clinical Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS Trusts have a six month termination clause in contracts for the supply of clinical waste services.

20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Muscular Dystrophy: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research is being undertaken into the (a) cause of and (b) potential treatments for Distal Myopathy-5 and ADSSL1 Myopathy.

20 Sep 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Benefit and Universal Credit: Distance Learning

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether full-time attendance at Harrow Online School by a 16 year old constitutes approved education for the purposes of (a) a child benefit and (b) an universal credit claim.

20 Sep 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animals and Plants: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) plant and (b) animal diseases are screened for when importing products into the UK.

20 Sep 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Universities

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has received any reports that university and college lecturers who worked for the British Council in Afghanistan and are still in the country have received letters

20 Sep 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Universities

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help ensure the security of university and college lecturers in Afghanistan who (a) worked for the British Council and (b) ma

20 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what advice his Department provides to leaseholders living in blocks where lenders require an EWS1 certificate to progress a sale but freeholders refuse to apply for such a certifica

19 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Numed Healthcare: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2022 to Question 11557 on Numed Healthcare: Medical Equipment, whether NHS Supply Chain has received communication from Numed Inc Products’ United Kingdom distribu

19 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of applications for British passports that have been (a) replacements for existing passports and (b) applications for first time passports ove

19 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fossil Fuels: Exploration

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Shell's proposal to commence seismic blasting on the Wild Coast of South Africa on (a) whales and (b) other marine life in that

19 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing Associations: Service Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the reasonableness and value for money of service charges levied by housing associations on their tenants.

19 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Scotfield Group: Leeds

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has had discussions with Scotfield Ltd about unsafe cladding at the Gateway Building in Leeds.

18 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Uzbekistan: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of recent events in the autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan.

15 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Repatriation: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of (a) British citizens and (b) accompanying family members who have travelled to the UK directly from Kabul since 1 September 2021.

15 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Darfur: Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made a recent assessment of the impact of violence in Darfur on the Massaleit community.

11 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of the location of electric meters in block of flats on the ability of residents to connect to smart meters and charge electric veh

30 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Empty Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Empty Dwelling Management Orders at enabling local authorities to bring empty properties back into use; and whether he plans to in

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